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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 52 |
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 4307e764ef0..755e9cddac4 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -604,12 +604,17 @@ static inline __u32 skb_queue_len(const struct sk_buff_head *list_) return list_->qlen; } -extern struct lock_class_key skb_queue_lock_key; - +/* + * This function creates a split out lock class for each invocation; + * this is needed for now since a whole lot of users of the skb-queue + * infrastructure in drivers have different locking usage (in hardirq) + * than the networking core (in softirq only). In the long run either the + * network layer or drivers should need annotation to consolidate the + * main types of usage into 3 classes. + */ static inline void skb_queue_head_init(struct sk_buff_head *list) { spin_lock_init(&list->lock); - lockdep_set_class(&list->lock, &skb_queue_lock_key); list->prev = list->next = (struct sk_buff *)list; list->qlen = 0; } @@ -1035,6 +1040,21 @@ static inline int pskb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len) } /** + * pskb_trim_unique - remove end from a paged unique (not cloned) buffer + * @skb: buffer to alter + * @len: new length + * + * This is identical to pskb_trim except that the caller knows that + * the skb is not cloned so we should never get an error due to out- + * of-memory. + */ +static inline void pskb_trim_unique(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len) +{ + int err = pskb_trim(skb, len); + BUG_ON(err); +} + +/** * skb_orphan - orphan a buffer * @skb: buffer to orphan * @@ -1076,7 +1096,7 @@ static inline void __skb_queue_purge(struct sk_buff_head *list) * the headroom they think they need without accounting for the * built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations. * - * %NULL is returned in there is no free memory. + * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. */ static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask) @@ -1096,7 +1116,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length, * the headroom they think they need without accounting for the * built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations. * - * %NULL is returned in there is no free memory. Although this function + * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function * allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt. */ static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length) @@ -1104,6 +1124,28 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length) return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC); } +extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, + unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask); + +/** + * netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device + * @dev: network device to receive on + * @length: length to allocate + * + * Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The + * buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate + * the headroom they think they need without accounting for the + * built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations. + * + * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function + * allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt. + */ +static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, + unsigned int length) +{ + return __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC); +} + /** * skb_cow - copy header of skb when it is required * @skb: buffer to cow |